Don't lump me in with them. I'm an enthusiast of mechanic design, be it engines, weaponry, or productive machinery. Not a guy with a wrench that reads the marketing garbage AFE/insert other "enthusiast" brand that can't legally warranty half of their products.

I fail to see a correlation between people screeching variations of "forced induction is more efficient!!! Reclaimed energy!!!" and anything I've said.

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Thank you for that. I do not care for the boy racer looks of the new civic (especially all the tacked on cosmetics) and it seems every riceboy in town here owns one and drives like a fucking moron in them (I lost count of the number that rev their engine and squeal their tires at me when I'm in either my 308GT4, or..humourously my Scion iQ)

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I dont think I've ever seen the newest GT, But I've seen the 2000's refresh in the classic race red twice on the road.

See, I've never seen the original Ford GT, so I really wasn't expecting to see the new one either. From the front it's somewhat normal but the rear and rear 3/4 views are just...wow. Completely different experience seeing it on the road in context.

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So today my gf and I were driving back home in her Nissan Pathfinder when she found that the steering wheel had become very heavy in a turn, and after exiting the turn, neither the gas pedal nor the brake pedal would do anything. Thankfully, we were in a relatively low speed turn, so the car coasted for about 100 feet until we were able to turn into the opening of a parking lot, but this opening had a slight incline so right after we stopped, the car started rolling backwards into traffic. That was definitely one of my biggest "oh crap" moments until I realized that we were still moving slowly enough for me to shift the transmission into park and stop us from rolling farther back. I don't know how hard she was pressing the brake pedal but she said that it did nothing to slow the car down, so I took her word for it. We stopped right in front of a fire station, and a couple of the firefighters were nice enough to push the car into the parking lot right next to the station.

Once we had pulled into a parking space, I popped open the hood, and there was a significant amount of corrosion on the battery terminals; I had never seen corrosion that bad before. After cleaning the terminals, I tried starting the car, and the starter made a single click before all the electrics shut off, so that probably meant the battery was dead. After running back to my house and driving my own car to the parking lot, I hooked up my jumper cables, and the Pathfinder started up perfectly. She even drove it all the way back to her house without any problems.

This was a really strange problem that i had never come across or heard of before. Could a dead battery (due to excessive corrosion) really cause power steering, throttle, and brakes to become nonfunctional while the car is still moving? Does anybody know what else might have caused this?

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So today my gf and I were driving back home in her Nissan Pathfinder when she found that the steering wheel had become very heavy in a turn, and after exiting the turn, neither the gas pedal nor the brake pedal would do anything. Thankfully, we were in a relatively low speed turn, so the car coasted for about 100 feet until we were able to turn into the opening of a parking lot, but this opening had a slight incline so right after we stopped, the car started rolling backwards into traffic. That was definitely one of my biggest "oh crap" moments until I realized that we were still moving slowly enough for me to shift the transmission into park and stop us from rolling farther back. I don't know how hard she was pressing the brake pedal but she said that it did nothing to slow the car down, so I took her word for it. We stopped right in front of a fire station, and a couple of the firefighters were nice enough to push the car into the parking lot right next to the station.

Once we had pulled into a parking space, I popped open the hood, and there was a significant amount of corrosion on the battery terminals; I had never seen corrosion that bad before. After cleaning the terminals, I tried starting the car, and the starter made a single click before all the electrics shut off, so that probably meant the battery was dead. After running back to my house and driving my own car to the parking lot, I hooked up my jumper cables, and the Pathfinder started up perfectly. She even drove it all the way back to her house without any problems.

This was a really strange problem that i had never come across or heard of before. Could a dead battery (due to excessive corrosion) really cause power steering, throttle, and brakes to become nonfunctional while the car is still moving? Does anybody know what else might have caused this?

Yes I had the same issue a while back with my sisters car. Just as I was going to Repco, the car kept stalling (The idle revs haven’t adjusted yet, as the battery had been taken out, and I was still learning to drive a manual). Had to jump start twice, no power steering. Not sure about brake or accelerator issue, but a quick new battery in the parking lot fixed it.

Massive corrosion and even even after a good clean with baking soda and water, old battery was still bad. Would only hold enough charge to start. Car was so much better with a new battery.

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-snip- well thats an interesting noise. The surn signal controls are digital like most new cars. Normally it plays a click-click thru the speakers but now it plays a click, but the second click is fucked up.

turn-signal.mp3 got corrupted?

"There is nothing more difficult than fixing something that isn't all the way broken yet." - Author Unknown

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So today my gf and I were driving back home in her Nissan Pathfinder when she found that the steering wheel had become very heavy in a turn, and after exiting the turn, neither the gas pedal nor the brake pedal would do anything. Thankfully, we were in a relatively low speed turn, so the car coasted for about 100 feet until we were able to turn into the opening of a parking lot, but this opening had a slight incline so right after we stopped, the car started rolling backwards into traffic. That was definitely one of my biggest "oh crap" moments until I realized that we were still moving slowly enough for me to shift the transmission into park and stop us from rolling farther back. I don't know how hard she was pressing the brake pedal but she said that it did nothing to slow the car down, so I took her word for it. We stopped right in front of a fire station, and a couple of the firefighters were nice enough to push the car into the parking lot right next to the station.

Once we had pulled into a parking space, I popped open the hood, and there was a significant amount of corrosion on the battery terminals; I had never seen corrosion that bad before. After cleaning the terminals, I tried starting the car, and the starter made a single click before all the electrics shut off, so that probably meant the battery was dead. After running back to my house and driving my own car to the parking lot, I hooked up my jumper cables, and the Pathfinder started up perfectly. She even drove it all the way back to her house without any problems.

This was a really strange problem that i had never come across or heard of before. Could a dead battery (due to excessive corrosion) really cause power steering, throttle, and brakes to become nonfunctional while the car is still moving? Does anybody know what else might have caused this?

The engine stalled so there was no vacuum brake assist, but the check valve for the brake booster should allow at least one (usually 2-3) full brake applies before being exhaust of vacuum. If she was just riding the pedal gently that'll exhaust the vacuum in a few seconds though, however you should check the vacuum check valve. Start the truck, let it come down to idle, shift to neutral, let it roll, then apply the brakes. You should get a full normal brake apply one time minimum, should be at least twice, ideally 2.5 to 3 times.

No engine spinning means no accessories which is why no power steering. Usually though just dropping power from the battery won't kill the car, is the battery held down correctly? Shorting the battery against something can stall the engine for sure. Some cars are more sensitive to a stall via loss of batteries than others, sometimes it's a sign of a marginal alternator also. For sure get the battery replaced, the terminals cleaned or replaced, and ensure the battery is held down correctly. Also check the brake booster check valve or just replace it.

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I would love to have custom turn signal sounds. Replace the click click with a slide whistle sound

It’d get old way too quick.

i was actually thinking the other day that all a turn signal sound used to be was the click of a relay basically. its funny how we moved on from that and Kept that exact same sound... we literally could of picked anything. But nope, let’s emulate a relay clicking

my friend Matt in his previous truck just made his silent lol. Which I think is a stupid idea but he didn’t mind it *shrug*

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i was actually thinking the other day that all a turn signal sound used to be was the click of a relay basically. its funny how we moved on from that and Kept that exact same sound... we literally could of picked anything. But nope, let’s emulate a relay clicking

my friend Matt in his previous truck just made his silent lol. Which I think is a stupid idea but he didn’t mind it *shrug*

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i was actually thinking the other day that all a turn signal sound used to be was the click of a relay basically. its funny how we moved on from that and Kept that exact same sound... we literally could of picked anything. But nope, let’s emulate a relay clicking

my friend Matt in his previous truck just made his silent lol. Which I think is a stupid idea but he didn’t mind it *shrug*

My friends kids don't understand why he says 'hang up the phone' instead of end call.